The WORST episodes of Early Edition
Every episode of Early Edition ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Early Edition!
Gary Hobson was a regular Chicago stockbroker. One day his wife dumped him and he was forced to move into a hotel room. The next morning, at 6:30 am, a mysterious yellow cat showed up at his front door with tomorrow's edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. From that day on his life was never the same. At first skeptical, Gary started to try saving people's lives and stop disasters from happening. With the help of his friends Chuck and Marissa, Gary became a man with a mission, even though he doesn't know why or how the paper gets to him every morning.
#1 - Luck o' the Irish
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/27/2000
A young Irish woman loses her chance at a million dollar lottery when Gary swipes her dollar that she was going to buy the winning ticket with. To repay her he ends up caught up in a wild scheme that has them pretending to be engaged while Kate looks for a man she loves.
#2 - Hoops (a.k.a. Hoop Dreams)
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1996
Michael Williams, one of the biggest high school basketball stars, has a heart condition that may cost him his life. Gary tries to convince him not to play, but his coach keeps pushing him to do so. He and Marissa visit Michael's neighborhood, where Marissa grew up. They appeal to Connie Hooks, one of Marissa's old friends and also the Michael Williams of their time.
#3 - Baby
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1996
Gary helps Chuck deliver twins in an elevator after Chicago has a blackout due to Gary's inability to stop street workers to keep a water pump turned off. Meanwhile, Gary keeps chasing for a mysterious blonde woman while his ex-wife attempts to get back together.
#4 - Mob Wife
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/25/1997
Gary and Chuck save a gangster's ex-fiancee from being shot, which gets them into hot water with the mob.
#5 - His Girl Thursday
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1996
Meredith returns to create a second chance with Gary, and he is presented with a choice to throw away the paper and follow love, or give up the girl and continue saving lives.
#6 - Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1996
Gary has to stop the mayor's dog from being kidnapped. The kidnapper turns out to be Chuck's uncle, who was trying to get back at the mayor after a public truck ran over his dog. Phil says he'll only stop after he gets a written apology from the mayor. All Gary gets is an autograph.
#7 - Rose
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/19/2000
Although Crumb cautions Gary that Rose may appear sweet and innocent but is probably trouble, Gary ignores his warning, even when evidence surfaces that she has a criminal record. When he believes her explanation that an old boyfriend is after her, Gary agrees to loan Rose $25,000 to get rid of him and is stunned when she suddenly runs off with his money.
#8 - The Paper
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1996
Gary is invited to the office of the Sun-Times, and he falls for one of the paper's star reporters.
#9 - Number One with a Bullet
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1999
Marissa's old friend, Julius aka C-Roc, is in town for a cd signing and Gary has to prevent him from being killed.
#10 - Wild Card
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1999
While struggling to find a way to tell his boss that he's leaving McGinty's for good, Patrick thoroughly frustrates Gary by following him around all day and triggering a host of potential disasters. When Patrick's actions culminate in an explosion at a Halloween rave party, Gary instructs him not to move a muscle - a directive that backfires when Patrick attempts to help and winds up in a life-threatening situation.
#11 - Crumb Again
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/1999
Crumb is about to publish a manuscript about police corruption in Chicago, when he becomes the target of someone who doesn't want the book to come out. Gary and Crumb then narrowly escape a drive-by shooting, and Federal Agent Brigatti, who recently transferred to the Chicago detective squad, takes on the case and attempts to track down Crumb's potential killer.
#12 - The Wrong Man
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1996
Gary's ex-wife Marcia tells him she is getting married, and Gary finds out the groom is his old boss Pritchard.
#13 - Two to Tangle
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1999
A couple is fighting with each other over their lingerie company, and Henry befriends their daughter.
#14 - After Midnight
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1996
Gary has to stop a 17 year-old single mother from abandoning her child. But as always, Gary gets more involved with her than he should, and finds out she left home pregnant and now works for a drug dealer. Meanwhile, Chuck uses the paper to get a date with an attractive woman he had to share a cab with.
#15 - Blind Faith
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/22/2000
Gary loses his sight while he is trying to prevent three teens from being blown up by an old cannon ball. While at the hospital, Gary meets a yong kid named Nate Calvin, whose mother is ill. The next day, without being able to see, Gary must save Nate Calvin, who is trapped in an abandoned building.
#16 - Teen Angels
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1998
Gary is mistaken for a substitute teacher while attempting to stop a high school shooting.
#17 - Halloween
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1998
Gary is abducted by two witches that he saved from a fire. The witches believe that Gary is a warlock, and that Gary can help them free their sister who has been locked up for close to 200 years.
#18 - Slippity-Doo-Dah
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/1999
Gary catches a snake that was going to bite a bingo player who faints and knocks her head. However, she's incapable of her next doings: babysitting Henry. Gary takes over, but Marissa warns him that he can't handle both the paper and Henry. While babysitting for Henry, Gary's intervention with one accident sets off a chain reaction of accidents.
#19 - Play It Again Sammo
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1999
Gary does his usual routine to help others, and finds himself involved with the robbery of an ancient Chinese helmet that was stolen from LA. Detective Sammo Law from the Los Angeles police department is in Chicago looking for the missing helmet. After investigating Gary's involvement with the case, Sammo and Gary find out Gary accidentally bought the helmet as a piece of an art decoration object. Unfortunately the helmet is stolen again, forcing Sammo and Gary to team up to get it back, while trying to stop the man who stole it and his niece from being murdered by international smugglers who want the helmet.
#20 - Up Chuck
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1998
A surprise visit from Chuck makes Gary suspect an ulterior motive.
#21 - Gifted
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/4/2000
After saving a playmate of Nikki's and then preventing her from being injured in a school bus accident, Gary meets the tough-talking 13-year-old and learns that she also knew about the accidents before they almost happened. While most would consider Nikki's clairvoyance to be a gift, she is racked with guilt because she was unable to save her own parents from dying in a car crash three years earlier -- an event Gary also failed to stop.
#22 - Frostbit
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/1997
On a 20-below-zero day in Chicago, Gary encounters a homeless child who asks him for money on several occasions. Gary tells the boy off, but then finds a headline saying that the child freezes to death inside a building. Meanwhile, Chuck moves in with Gary after the heat goes out in his house.
#23 - The Choice
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1996
Gary has to make a decision between saving a little girl from dying or stop a plane from crashing and making over 190 victims. Since Chicago is stuck in its biggest traffic jam ever, Gary can't get to the airport. When he is about to take the train, he sees the little girl and decides to save her. The doctors ignore her and Gary then has to open their eyes for her real condition. Will he also be able to stop the plane crash, or will he fail?
#24 - Bat Masterson
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1997
While attempting to save a life in Millennium Park, a lawman on horseback charges into the scene, claiming to be the fictional character Bat Masterson.
#25 - The Wall (1)
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/1997
Morris from Chicago Sun-Times finds a box in the name of Lucius Snow, giving Gary another lead to the origin of the paper. Meanwhile, Gary finds a headline that the President of the United States will be murdered in Chicago... by Gary Hobson.